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Monday, March 15, 2010

US & Palestine

re General Petraeus’ appeal to Mullen (and indirectly the White House) for a resolution of the Palestine problem as vital for US interests

This key Petraeus move is very encouraging. Nothing is more important for undermining the appeal of "jihadism" and motivation for suicide bombing - in a word for reducing the "clash of civilisations" that we are livnig through since the invasion of Iraq - than resolving the Palestine problem.

Now that Prime Minister Netanyahu has thrown down the gauntlet either he and the suicidal Israeli fundamentalist "right" will prevail - or the US will.

But the "Pentagon lobby" is also heavily infiltrated by Israel's backwoodsmen and by Mossad's powerful influence within the Pentagon. Then there is the media - especially Murdoch's - and the still great influence of the neo-conservatives and their Project for a New American Century. They got us (Britain too) into Iraq.

This is a tug of war between Titans. Little poodle Israel has long been strong enough to wag the tail of the huge American hound!

Here post-Lisbon Europe could greatly help reinforce Obama's US Administration in out-manoevring the Israeli stone-wallers. The first great test for "new" Europe. But will it pass that test so critical for the future of the West?

About JP Diplomatic Consultancy

Our particular interest is in assisting those (probably in the media, academia, and in NGOs) who are encouraging the new U S administration to lead towards establishing at last that new era in international cooperation made possible by the end of the Cold War.

We believe that the planet cannot support this era of waste that began soon after Word War II. That means that capitalism - so effective in getting economic results - must be directed (by making it worthwhile) towards producing what is socially required to meet the existential challenges humanity now faces. Undirected capitalism leads to a reckless search profit from socially harmful activities. It is also largely responsible for the unsustainable age of waste we have lived through since World War II.

If the world is to move on from confrontation to cooperation and avoid the "endless wars" the Pentagon predicts over diminishing world resources, it will be essential to get the media to appreciate he issues. In all countries, politicians, the media and the public alike need to be persuaded of the need to get beyond the outmoded categories of "right or left", "progressive or conservative" and move away from traditional ideologies to a much more pragmatic world outlook. With the world for the first time facing existential challenges there must be a major effort to educate young and old alike - through the media, through schools and universities, through discussion with people of power, and in other ways. Much lobbying will also be needed.

While all countries have a fundamental national interest in working to resolve the immense and unprecedented challenges to humanity that all nations face, it will be hard indeed to avoid serious collisions in the jockeying for position. Further pinpointing areas of potential future conflict are urgently needed now.

And in particular, the U.S. will need a partner in a Europe - a post-Lisbon Europe with a single voice on the great matters - if Russia, China and the other major powers are to be persuaded that the policies of confrontation that have marked the last 8 years, are over, and that a cooperative approach to common problems must be pursued.

So high priority needs to be given for all measures leading towards European consensus in foreign affairs.